Dear Pedro:

This is actually a composite of two pictures -- but both taken at 8:02 pm, Feb. 20, 2002.

Singly they didn't work for me....

The White Hen is very close to the campus of the University of Illinois where I teach (at this moment I had stopped for a coffee on my way to auditing a seminar on the films of Jean-Luc Godard); and it's not far from Chicago's center city. In fact you can see the 110-story Sears Tower on the left, though its upper floors are shrouded in fog. Since Sept. 11, I never take its presence for granted..... Thank you for alerting me to this unique moment!

Saludos y abrazos,
Esther